Congratulations to the new officers for 2011! They are:
Diana Bailey--re-elected to a second term as Director!
Jeff Orth--Secretary
Cindy Norton--re-elected to another term as Treasurer!
Jan Gephardt--Communications Director
Elected (or not opposed) tonight at the January meeting.
January 15, 2011
Meetings today: January 15, 2011
The ConQuesT ConCom meets today at 3 p.m. at the Hyatt in Benton A.
The regular KaCSFFS club meeting will be today at the Writer's Place at 6:30 p.m. Agenda includes election of officers and a chili cookoff. There will also be another drawing for the Podpeople equipment fund. Bring your own drinks. Please volunteer to help Diana unload supplies and set up the tables.
The regular KaCSFFS club meeting will be today at the Writer's Place at 6:30 p.m. Agenda includes election of officers and a chili cookoff. There will also be another drawing for the Podpeople equipment fund. Bring your own drinks. Please volunteer to help Diana unload supplies and set up the tables.
January 05, 2011
Laser Rangers This Saturday: "More Alfred Hitchcock Classics"
Saturday's (1/8/2011) Laser Rangers session will begin at 4:45 PM, and the entire
program, including shorts, will be more masterpieces of suspense directed by
Alfred Hitchcock.
Our food theme for Saturday's session: Mexican. (Please bring appropriate
dishes.) Freshly popped theatre-style popcorn will also be available, as
usual.
Please note that road access issues around our venue continue and will
until road reconstruction is finished sometime in late spring. So when
existing I-435(W) at Parallel, go west to 115th Street (*not 123rd street*) and
then turn right (north). Drive to Hollingsworth,and then turn left (west).
From there, go to our usual venue: 12325 Pinehurst Drive in Kansas City, KS.
(Phone: 913-721-2106 for further info, if needed.)
Our first short, directed by Hitchcock, is a quintessential episode from
his "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series: "Bang! You're Dead" (1961)
starring a very young, red-headed, and freckle-faced Billy Mumy, in one of the
series best-remembered episodes. (Young Mumy finds a loaded pistol, and
thinking its a promised toy from his visiting uncle, he begins to play a
favorite game 'Bang! You're Dead'.)
Our First Classic Feature:
"Rear Window" (1954), 112 minutes, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly,
Raymond Burr, and Thelma Ritter.
Professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jeffries (Stewart) fractures his
leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York
apartment in a whole leg cast, he spends his time looking out of his rear
picture window observing his neighbors' activities with his telephoto lens.
Soon he begins to suspect that a neighbor across the courtyard may have
murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his High Society fashion-consultant
girlfriend Lisa Freemont (Kelly) and his visiting nurse Stella (Ritter) to
investigate his suspicions.
Dinner Break (lasts an hour or so)
Our second short following dinner is the sterling *black comedy* "Lamb to
the Slaughter" directed by Hitchcock and again from his "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents" TV series (1961 season). This became one of the most infamous
episodes of the entire series' run: When perfect housewife Mary Maloney murders
her philandering Police Chief husband when he suddenly announces he's
leaving her for another woman, she immediately calls his precinct to report his
death. She then hatches a plan that will allow her to get away with the
perfect crime and make the investigating detectives accomplices to her
husband's murder!
Our second classic feature:
"Vertigo" (1958), 129 minutes, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and
Barbara Bel Geddes.
John "Scottie" Ferguson (Stewart) is a retired San Francisco police
detective that was forced to retire after developing severe acrophobia (fear of
heights) on his last case. A wealthy shipbuilder, who is an acquaintance
from his college days, approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful
wife, Madeleine (Novak). He fears she is slowly going insane, maybe even
contemplating suicide, because she believes she has become possessed by a
dead ancestor. Scottie is highly skeptical, but agrees to take the case when
he meets the stunning Madeleine. But Scottie soon falls under Madeleine's
spell, even after she begins to lead him to very high places!
See everyone Saturday!
Written by Ken.
program, including shorts, will be more masterpieces of suspense directed by
Alfred Hitchcock.
Our food theme for Saturday's session: Mexican. (Please bring appropriate
dishes.) Freshly popped theatre-style popcorn will also be available, as
usual.
Please note that road access issues around our venue continue and will
until road reconstruction is finished sometime in late spring. So when
existing I-435(W) at Parallel, go west to 115th Street (*not 123rd street*) and
then turn right (north). Drive to Hollingsworth,and then turn left (west).
From there, go to our usual venue: 12325 Pinehurst Drive in Kansas City, KS.
(Phone: 913-721-2106 for further info, if needed.)
Our first short, directed by Hitchcock, is a quintessential episode from
his "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series: "Bang! You're Dead" (1961)
starring a very young, red-headed, and freckle-faced Billy Mumy, in one of the
series best-remembered episodes. (Young Mumy finds a loaded pistol, and
thinking its a promised toy from his visiting uncle, he begins to play a
favorite game 'Bang! You're Dead'.)
Our First Classic Feature:
"Rear Window" (1954), 112 minutes, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly,
Raymond Burr, and Thelma Ritter.
Professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jeffries (Stewart) fractures his
leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York
apartment in a whole leg cast, he spends his time looking out of his rear
picture window observing his neighbors' activities with his telephoto lens.
Soon he begins to suspect that a neighbor across the courtyard may have
murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his High Society fashion-consultant
girlfriend Lisa Freemont (Kelly) and his visiting nurse Stella (Ritter) to
investigate his suspicions.
Dinner Break (lasts an hour or so)
Our second short following dinner is the sterling *black comedy* "Lamb to
the Slaughter" directed by Hitchcock and again from his "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents" TV series (1961 season). This became one of the most infamous
episodes of the entire series' run: When perfect housewife Mary Maloney murders
her philandering Police Chief husband when he suddenly announces he's
leaving her for another woman, she immediately calls his precinct to report his
death. She then hatches a plan that will allow her to get away with the
perfect crime and make the investigating detectives accomplices to her
husband's murder!
Our second classic feature:
"Vertigo" (1958), 129 minutes, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and
Barbara Bel Geddes.
John "Scottie" Ferguson (Stewart) is a retired San Francisco police
detective that was forced to retire after developing severe acrophobia (fear of
heights) on his last case. A wealthy shipbuilder, who is an acquaintance
from his college days, approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful
wife, Madeleine (Novak). He fears she is slowly going insane, maybe even
contemplating suicide, because she believes she has become possessed by a
dead ancestor. Scottie is highly skeptical, but agrees to take the case when
he meets the stunning Madeleine. But Scottie soon falls under Madeleine's
spell, even after she begins to lead him to very high places!
See everyone Saturday!
Written by Ken.
January 03, 2011
January 15 meeting - elections and chili cook-off
Message from our Director:
The next meeting will be January 15, 2011
6:30 PM for set up
est 7:00 PM for meeting and chili tasting, voting and drawing
The January meeting will feature elections for the 2011 officers. There will also be voting on two bylaws changes.
Additionally, we'll host the first-ever KaCSFFS Chili Cook-Off. Bring a crock-pot or so of your best chili. Prize for best Chili. Ballots will be available for all attending members to vote.
If you are not bring chili for the cook off/tasting ... you might think about bring some of the side things like onions, green onions, cheese, crackers, sour cream, cornbread, cookies, cupcakes
etc.
Everyone bring your own drink.
We will be voting for KaCSFFS Officers. (See previous blog post for a list of candidates.)
We will also be having another round of drawings for the PODPeople Equipment Fund.
The next meeting will be January 15, 2011
6:30 PM for set up
est 7:00 PM for meeting and chili tasting, voting and drawing
The January meeting will feature elections for the 2011 officers. There will also be voting on two bylaws changes.
Additionally, we'll host the first-ever KaCSFFS Chili Cook-Off. Bring a crock-pot or so of your best chili. Prize for best Chili. Ballots will be available for all attending members to vote.
If you are not bring chili for the cook off/tasting ... you might think about bring some of the side things like onions, green onions, cheese, crackers, sour cream, cornbread, cookies, cupcakes
etc.
Everyone bring your own drink.
We will be voting for KaCSFFS Officers. (See previous blog post for a list of candidates.)
We will also be having another round of drawings for the PODPeople Equipment Fund.
December 21, 2010
Laser Rangers Movie Schedule
The Laser Rangers are a monthly themed movie group that watches two movies per session.
Below are the months, the themes of the movies and the movies themselves. If the short subjects are known, they'll be listed too.
Most meetings will be held on the second Saturday of every month. Changes happen frequently, please check the website for more information.
January
More Classics By Alfred Hitchcock
Rear window / Vertigo
(2 classic Hitchcock presents - "Lamb to the Slaughter" & Bang Your Dead" -- Shorts Selection)
February
Fish Out of Water
The Little Mermaid / Splash
March
Trains Trains — No Automobiles
Throw Momma From the Train / Silver Streak
April
Change in the Lineup
A League of their Own / 8 Men Out
May
Time Machines!
Time Machine / Back to The Future
June
Camelot is a Silly Place
Court Jester / Monty Python and the Holy Grail
July
Marvel Super Heroes
Dare Devil / Iron Man
Alt. Programing (Date subject to change)
Le Bad Cinema (Japanese Style)
Prince of Space / Green Slime
August
Prisoners of War
Stalag 17 / Dirty Dozen
September
Be Careful What You Wish For
13 Going on 30 / Big
October
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Night of the Demon / The Mist
November
Michel Cane: the Con Man We Hate to Love
Gambit / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
December
"Sad to be All Alone in the World"
Thoroughly Modern Milly / Arsenic and Old Lace
Below are the months, the themes of the movies and the movies themselves. If the short subjects are known, they'll be listed too.
Most meetings will be held on the second Saturday of every month. Changes happen frequently, please check the website for more information.
January
More Classics By Alfred Hitchcock
Rear window / Vertigo
(2 classic Hitchcock presents - "Lamb to the Slaughter" & Bang Your Dead" -- Shorts Selection)
February
Fish Out of Water
The Little Mermaid / Splash
March
Trains Trains — No Automobiles
Throw Momma From the Train / Silver Streak
April
Change in the Lineup
A League of their Own / 8 Men Out
May
Time Machines!
Time Machine / Back to The Future
June
Camelot is a Silly Place
Court Jester / Monty Python and the Holy Grail
July
Marvel Super Heroes
Dare Devil / Iron Man
Alt. Programing (Date subject to change)
Le Bad Cinema (Japanese Style)
Prince of Space / Green Slime
August
Prisoners of War
Stalag 17 / Dirty Dozen
September
Be Careful What You Wish For
13 Going on 30 / Big
October
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Night of the Demon / The Mist
November
Michel Cane: the Con Man We Hate to Love
Gambit / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
December
"Sad to be All Alone in the World"
Thoroughly Modern Milly / Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer elections at January 15th meeting
New officers will be elected at the January 15th KaCSFFS meeting. To vote, you must attend the meeting. Nominees are:
Director:
- Margene Bahm
- Diana Bailey
Treasurer:
- Cindy Norton
- Ann Lowenstein
Secretary:
- Jeff Orth
Communication Officer:
- Jan Gephart
Director:
- Margene Bahm
- Diana Bailey
Treasurer:
- Cindy Norton
- Ann Lowenstein
Secretary:
- Jeff Orth
Communication Officer:
- Jan Gephart
December 14, 2010
New KaCSFFS mailing address
Hey, ya'll! Did you know that KaCSFFS has a new snail mail address? It's true:
KACSFFS
PO BOX 34413
North Kansas City, MO 64116
KACSFFS
PO BOX 34413
North Kansas City, MO 64116
December 12, 2010
Food Pantry Donations Will Be Collected At The Christmas Party
Message from our Director:
There will be a box for collecting donations to local food pantry at KaCSFFS X-Mas party. Bring goodies to share with your friends at KaCSFFS and a couple of cans of food for those in need.
Happy Holidays,
Diana
P.S. Also, please bring stuff for the PodPeople equipment fund drawing.
There will be a box for collecting donations to local food pantry at KaCSFFS X-Mas party. Bring goodies to share with your friends at KaCSFFS and a couple of cans of food for those in need.
Happy Holidays,
Diana
P.S. Also, please bring stuff for the PodPeople equipment fund drawing.
December 09, 2010
Don't miss the KaCSFFS Christmas Party, December 18!
It's that time of year again! Please join us for the KaCSFFS Christmas Party on Saturday, December 18.
A raffle will be held to benefit the PodPeople equipment fund. We've collected only a fraction of the total needed to purchase the equipment.
Questions? Contact Diana Bailey.
- KaCSFFS Board meets at 5 p.m.
- PodPeople meet at 5:30 p.m.
- Party set-up starts at 6:00 pm
- A short KaCSFFS meeting will be held at 6:30.
A raffle will be held to benefit the PodPeople equipment fund. We've collected only a fraction of the total needed to purchase the equipment.
Questions? Contact Diana Bailey.
November 20, 2010
Book Club will discuss "The Big Over Easy" by Jasper Fforde Monday Nov. 22
Book club to discuss "The Big Over Easy" by Jasper Fforde on Monday, November 22 at 7 p.m.
The club meets at Borders at 119th & Metcalf. Everyone is welcome to attend. Learn more about the Kansas City SF&F Literati book club on Facebook.
There will no book club meeting in December. Meetings will resume January 24 with "Grunts" by Mary Gentle at a new location to be announced.
The club meets at Borders at 119th & Metcalf. Everyone is welcome to attend. Learn more about the Kansas City SF&F Literati book club on Facebook.
There will no book club meeting in December. Meetings will resume January 24 with "Grunts" by Mary Gentle at a new location to be announced.
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